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home ground

American  

noun

  1. an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar.

    When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
home ground British  

noun

  1. a familiar area or topic

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Home ground for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Bowl presents traditional music by big-name performers, who this year include Soprano Joan Sutherland, Conductors Sixten Ehrling and Seiji Ozawa, and London's Royal Ballet.

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